A former Bossier City police officer was arrested in Faubourg Marigny late last month after a road-rage incident in which he allegedly pointed a gun at a cab driver's face and claimed to still be a police officer while he was being taken into custody.

New Orleans police booked Jonathan Hobgood, 29, of Pearl River with impersonating a police officer, aggravated assault and illegal carrying of a weapon after the Nov. 27 incident, according to Criminal District Court records.

Police said Hobgood was driving his pickup truck on Frenchmen Street at 1:15 a.m. when a taxi stopped to unload passengers near the corner of Chartres Street. Hobgood pulled his car alongside the cab and began to yell obscenities at the driver, police said.

Third District Detective Gus James, who was assigned to the area as part of the Police Department's Bayou Classic weekend coverage, saw the commotion and approached the cars, police said. Hobgood tried to pull away but slammed into the cab's fender, police said.

After hitting the cab, police said, Hobgood got out of his truck, walked up to the cab driver and pointed a gun at his face. James, who managed to position himself next to Hobgood, snatched the gun away from Hobgood, patted him down and found a second gun strapped to his leg, police said.

As police handcuffed Hobgood, he told them he also was a police officer. Detectives who looked up Hobgood's record found he was a seven-year veteran of the Bossier City Police Department but that he resigned in 2007. No other details about his resignation were available. Attempts to contact Hobgood were unsuccessful Thursday.

Hobgood was released from jail on a $7,500 bond after his arrest, according to court records.